praarNaaMsy airayataM nadiinaam aa samudraaNi paprathuH puruuNi

shuciM nu stomaM navajaatam adyendraagnii vRtrahaNaa juSethaam

aapo yaM vaH prathamaM devayanta indrapaanam uurmim akRNvateLaH

nir ahataM duchunaa indravantaa pRthushravaso vRSaNaav araatiiH

yo vaam ashvinaa manaso javiiyaan rathaH svashvo visha aajigaati

na te viSNo jaayamaano na jaato deva mahimnaH param antam aapa

pra taM naya prataraM vasyo achaabhi sumnaM devabhaktaM yaviSTha

indraH somasya piitaye vRSaayate sanaat sa yudhma ojasaa panasyate

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

anv eko vadati yad dadaati tad ruupaa minan tadapaa eka iiyate

agniH somo varuNas te cyavante paryaavard raaSTraM tad avaamy aayan

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

tubhyed etaa yaasu mandasaanaH pra vaayave sisrate na shubhraaH

tatra gaavaH kitava tatra jaayaa tan me vi caSTe savitaayam aryaH

pra babhrave vRSabhaaya shvitiice maho mahiiM suSTutim iirayaami

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

saa no rathena bRhataa vibhaavari shrudhi citraamaghe havam

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

ahan vya\Msam ushadhag vaneSv aavir dhenaa akRNod raamyaaNaam

avasyavo vRSaNaM vajradakSiNam marutvantaM sakhyaaya havaamahe

praty agnir uSasash cekitaano .abodhi vipraH padaviiH kaviinaam

tad agne dyumnam aa bhara yat saasahat sadane kaM cid atriNam

sRkaM saMshaaya pavim indra tigmaM vi shatruun taaLhi vi mRdho nudasva

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.